Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-29

and they take it TO ali diges,ion, or
hey are anno, ed b, insomnia. and they
take it to produce sleep, or they are
irOubled, and the, take It to make
them "bllvious. or they feel good. and
they must celebrate their hilarity
They begin with mint julep sucked
through two Tvs on the Log Branch
piazza and end in the dnch. taking
from a jug--a liquid half kerosene End
half whi.key. They MT onl, like il,
but 1t is an all-consum ny passion ol
body. mind aud soul, and after awhile
have it they will. though n wine glass
of il should cost the temp raj and
ETERNAL DESTRUCTION
# themselves, and all their families.
aud the whole human rae The,
wonld say: III sra sorry il IS going to
cost me. and my family, and all the
worlds population ~. very much, hui
here il goes to m, lips, and now let il
roll ov.r my parched tongue and down
my heated throat. the sweetest, the
most inspiring, the mrst rspturou-
thing tina, ever thrilled mortal
or immortal.' To cure the
habit before it comes to
its Ias' stages, various plans we're tried
in olden times. This pian was recon
Mend-d in the books: When u man
wanted TO reform he pur shot or bui-
lets into the cup or glass of strong
drink -one additional SHIT or bullet
each day, that displaced SO murn
liquor. Bullet after bullet added day
by day. Of course the liquor beca rt
less AID less until The bullets would en-
TREY Gil up toe glass and there was NJ
room for the liquid. and ny that time
it was said the inebriate would be
cur, d. Whether any one aver was
cured in that way | know not. but h,
long experiment. it was found that the
only way is to step short of. and when
a man does that hs needs tIod TO hell
HIM. And there have ben more cases
than you a where God has Sc
heiped the nan hat he quit forever,
and could count a score ~ them here
to-day, some OF them pillars in the
mouse of God.
SUGGESTIVE NAMES.
One would suppose that men would
take warning from some of the ON.
nous names given to. the intoxicants,
and stand off from The devastating in.
flurnce. You have noticed for instance
that some of the restaurants are calico
1.-The Shades typical Of the fact that
it puts a mans reputation in the
shade, and his morals in the shade
and his prosperity in the shade, and
his wife and children in the shade, anC
hi. immoral destiny IN the shade.
Now | hud on some Of the liquor
signs in all nj cities the words .'Olc
Crow" nightly suggestive of a car
C SO, and the filthy raven that swo"ps
upon il. odd Crow!' Men and wo
men without numbers slain If rum bu
unburied, and this evil is pecking a
their bloated cheek. and peckiny a
their destroyed manhood and WON IN,
hood. thrus,ing beak and claw int
rhe mortal remains of what was once
glorious'y alive, hut now morally dead
OLE Grow " Bat alas, how m ny tax.
no warning. The, make me think q
Caesar IN his wa, to assassination fear
my nothing; though his statue in tn,
hall crashed into fragments at his fe, (
and a scroll containing the anne %
the conspirators was thrust into hi
hands, yet walking right on to meet
IHE DAGGER
that was TO take his lif.. This infatua
ton of strong drunk is SD might, il
many a man that though his fortune
are crashing, and his health ia crash
ing, and his domestic interests crash
ing, and We hand HIM a long scrol
containing the names of perils ,ha
await i'm, he gees straight on (,
phi, steal, and mental, and moral rs
sassinaiion. In proportion rs an,
stlla OF alcoholism is pleasant 10 you
taste, and stimulating to your nerves
and for a time del,ghtfnl to all You
pny steal and men al constitution, il tn,
peril awruip Remember Jonathan aut
the forbidden honey in the woods o
Bethaven.
Furthermore, the gamester's in
diligence must be put +, n the list O
temptations delicious but destructive
| have crossed the ocean eight times
AMI always one of the bes, rooms has
from morning til late at night, beer
given up to gambling practices.
heard of many men who went on boart
with enough money tor an European
excursion who landed without enough
money to get their baggage up to Tho
hotel or railroad station To MANY
there is a complete fascination il
games of hazard or the rIsk'ng Of
money on possibilities. 1t seems n:
natural for them to bet IA t. eat. In.
derd, the hunger for food is o ten over
powered with the
HUNGER FOR wAGERS.
as in the ease OF Lord Sandwich, aper.
sistent gambler, who not being willing
to leave the dice table long enough fol
the taxing of foo I, ,nvs nted a prepare
ton of food that he could take withour
stopping the game; namely, r slice o
beef between two slices of brt ad, which
was named after Lord Sand
wich. 1t is absurd for thos,
of us who have never f-l
the fascination Of the wager to spcal
ST ghtIn.ly az the temptation. l. ia,
slam a multitude OF intellectual anC
moral giants, men and women stropyel